Manufacturing Opportunity in Drugs for Infectious Diseases

2:31 AM MST | December 14, 2011 | Girish Malhotra

The spread of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, schistosomiasis, and tuberculosis are a cause for global concern. Pharmaceutical companies have developed - and continue to develop - and market drugs that are effective for their cure. Patients in industrialized countries have been able to use their respective healthcare systems for their needs. However, similar healthcare systems are not available in the developing and underdeveloped countries. The number of patients in these countries is very large. Patients are unable to afford these drugs1...